Monthly Archives: June 2020

Little known is that the sculptor behind Mount Rushmore proposed a secret room behind Abraham Lincoln’s hairline. President Trump is scheduled to be at Mount Rushmore this Saturday, July 4th. The secret room there is portrayed in the movie from … Continue reading →

The Sarasota County Times reported on January 5, 1922, “Nobody can say what the future of Palestine is to be.” (This was in 1922, mind you.) “Never governed in the interests of its own people, it has shown for centuries … Continue reading →

Much speechifying in the House of Representatives was reported for June 27, 1890. A national election bill was the hot topic. Rep. Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts said “gigantic frauds” in New York City prior to 1870-1871 had now brought … Continue reading →

About Wyatt Earp it has been said, “Perhaps no figure in American history has endured such an odd ride through fame. He has been portrayed as a magnificent hero and a lowly villain, a glory-seeking braggart and humble introvert avoiding … Continue reading →

The coroner-virus lockdowns are “The Biggest Psychological Experiment” says an article in Scientific American magazine. (What if there is some weird psyop going on?, wondered Ersjdamoo in the April 16, 2020 blog entry.) The lockdown “is arguably the largest psychological … Continue reading →

An article in the July 2020 issue of Scientific American magazine calls the coroner-virus lockdowns “The Biggest Psychological Experiment.” All sorts of “stressors” are being added to our lives. Scientists are salivating at the prospect of studying increases of mental … Continue reading →

Frank Hinderer, a harness maker of Brooklyn, was lonely. Around 1882 his sweetheart had died and he then vowed never to re-marry. Suddenly though, around early June 1907, feeling forlorn, Hinderer took out a newspaper ad: “I will return to … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s local newspaper carried an article on the “Juneteenth” history. The historian, a local lawyer, began with a dig at President Trump wanting to hold a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Juneteenth (June 19th, associated with the end of slavery … Continue reading →

An article in the New York Evening World of June 20, 1907 weighs in on the continuing debate about the health of coffee drinking. “Like Opium Eaters” is the headline. “For twenty years I used coffee at the breakfast table … Continue reading →

Kazakhstan, greatest country in the world All other countries are run by little girls Kazakhstan, number one exporter of potassium All other countries have inferior potassium… Thus begins the Kazakhstan national anthem, as imagined in the 2006 movie, Borat: Cultural … Continue reading →